US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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I agree, the conversation just keeps wheeling out of control

Can we retire this chain of posts?
2 different subjects... but there's not much else to talk about today. Dems have destroyed all credibility AGAIN and their base doesn't care. Elon is apologizing to Trump, the stupid riots are turning out to be the same bad actors they always are.
I say let the spice flow.
 

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ABC implying that it's a better thing for us to have troops in Iraq and Syria.
One more thing - don't skimp on your suspension. Struts, control arms, etc. - That shit breaks = you're toast.
A coworker of mine who is quite mechanically inclined once told me something that stuck with me: "The only things on a car I won't work on by myself are the steering and brakes."
 
The White House press secretary shuts down a news reporter over the LA riots: The POTUS saw images of ICE agents being hit with rocks and Molotov cocktails... that's what promoted the President to have this response, that has clearly worked because last night in Los Angeles, you didn't see many of those images.

 
lord miles talks a lot of shit but guy never answers why the taliban imprisoned him then let him go at the first sign of balding. he also mentioned watching barbie with them, very spiritually gay behavior. guy is full of it, I remember his homeless NYC arc where he pretended he was in danger sleeping on the streets of one of the safest parts of NYC
He's a tradcath LARPer in the same vein as Fuentes ultimately, and a rootless cosmopolitan rich boy who would "switch teams" if it benefited him. He's not someone to be taken seriously. He can be funny though.
In my area, every 50501 protest was the EXACT same group of dozen or so retirees who went from city to city for their hour-long photo ops.
Propaganda.

Another Marxist (though he pretends not to be), Noam Chomsky, posited that mass communication is the most effective form of societal control there is. Through propaganda alone you can coerce people into thinking what you want them to without direct action on your part, which is called "Manufactured Consent". If they can create the idea that something is widespread, then in theory people will make assumptions that aren't true, and then act on those assumptions in the desired manner (self-censorship, supporting X without knowing why). Now, like Marx who could identify occurrences and whatnot and propose things one could agree with in theory, Chomsky's ideas are predicate that such tactics can't be used by his side, who can only counter the side that does through local action and class-based activism. Meanwhile we saw this in action by the Left to get the population to go along with trannies, Saint Floyd, and every other idea that wasn't actually popular with people yet inexplicably became accepted by them.

Also, fun fact, Chomsky's ideas were couched in the fact society at large was reflexively opposed to Communism, and the threat of the Soviet Union was how America and media forces were able to keep people from embracing it. Similar to Marx's "18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon" invalidating the Communist Manifesto, he had to modify his original work in order to make his ideas still functional after the fall of the Soviet Union a decade after publication. Much like Marx and Lumpenproles, Chomsky had to change "Anti-Communism" to "The Common Enemy" (replaced "Communism" with "Muslims" after 9/11), introduced the idea of "lenses", and is in part responsible for why any "educated" Marxist doesn't think any corporate or political social pandering can be sincere because it's ultimately being done in service of profit or solidifying conformity/status quo.

Again, like Marx in one respect, you can see the value in his idea (Government + Media + desire for control and profit = subtle propaganda influencing conformity) but Chomsky and the Marxists have it so embedded in them that they are the underdog (because they have to be for their ideology to work) that their ideas can't be proliferated by true believers embedded in the higher echelons of society.
 
A counter protester on June 10, 2025 arrived on scene to support ICE at the federal building in Seattle.

His sign reads: “100,000 deported, 11 million to go.”

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See this is actual bravery. I was in Seattle a few weeks ago and The Marginalized are clearly privileged there. I had half a mind to scribble over graffiti and stickers that they weren't as oppressed as they thought they were. I went to art museums that affected edginess that they were dangerously giving voice to marginalized groups. You know what would be really edgy? Showing the work of some actual white supremacists. Golly, even to show some work from some nice mom who voted Republican sometimes.
I have a conservative old father and I would worry for him standing on the street like this man is. He's a tough old man but not like he used to be. I'd be so worried about him getting walloped by some little piece of shit half his worth who probably doesn't even know if he's a boy or a girl.
 
I haven't been following this too much, but has anyone seen the roof top Asians yet for the Summer of Love sequel?
No, closest I saw was two Koreans (?) standing guard at the door of a sushi restaurant that a bunch of browns were trying to pillage for liquor. They were holding signs supporting the protest but standing right in front of the door as protesters tried to get past them.
 
Indications that something's happening right now with Iran. Increased Israeli fighter jet activity reported from my Israeli source, US embassy in Iraq being evacuated, US dependents in Bahrain/Kuwait are authorized to leave (this has never happened before in the WoT)

maritime advisory has been issued, warning of possible military actions that could pose risks to commercial and naval traffic operating in the surrounding waters.

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FUCK, im gonna have to get the red bull
 
i actually disagree with this.
immigration is a political problem and requires political solutions. you boycotting the local beaner chop shop on your own doesn't make a meaningful difference to their bottom line, but it does leave a meaningful hole in your own personal bank account. that's simply not worth it.

now if you were to organize a large network of locals and got them all to join your beaner boycott, then it could actually make a difference. but doing that is near impossible as long as the left has such a tight hold on media and culture (you'd get dragged and canceled hard for trying)
The average person isn't making some stance on immigration or illegal aliens or grandstanding about any of it. They just want their car fixed. The implications are there, sure, but blaming this type of person for being a part of WHY things are so shit is stupid. In reality, it's people who are completely aware of the legal status of the labor they are requesting and engaging with it anyway that are problem. The first step is bringing local awareness to the issue, the second step is putting the money where the mouth is. Everyone I know irl has no fucking idea about some raids that are happening in-state.
I actually addressed this a bit earlier in the thread, but the whole post was wordswordswords and also aforementioned thread is speeding up more than usual, so I see why you missed that one. I agree entirely with becoming active in your local area about it, but to do that as well, you also have to ENGAGE yourself with your own beliefs before convincing others.
 
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